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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Cleon I, Chapters 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Dahl's worst section, where Hari's adopted son goes to search for signs of rebellion?
(a) Wye.
(b) Billibotton.
(c) Dahl .
(d) Mycogen.

2. What is the name of the capital of the First Galactic Empire, which has the distinction of being entirely domed, except for the grounds of the Imperial Palace?
(a) Hermex.
(b) Yumeng.
(c) Coyrem.
(d) Trantor.

3. Hari Seldon and Dors Venabili encountered Raych Seldon by accident in the wretched slums of what sector?
(a) Gumboot Sector.
(b) Nishaya Sector.
(c) Mycogen Sector.
(d) Billibotton Dahl Sector.

4. What refers to the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons?
(a) Assassination.
(b) Alienation.
(c) Sequestration.
(d) Kidnapping.

5. At what age did Hari Seldon travel to the center of the Galactic Universe to deliver a theoretical paper on psychohistory?
(a) 32.
(b) 37.
(c) 24.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 4, Hari rejects the idea that remnant Joranumites might plot to kill whom?

2. Who is the First Minister to Emperor Cleon I?

3. What key concept of psychohistory states that because any action can have unpredictable, chaotic effects, all actions must be as close to zero as possible?

4. What Old Joranumite frequently questions and challenges Gambol Deen Namarti as they reconstitute the movement in Wye Sector?

5. What compact device for the first time allows psychohistorians to glimpse darkness and light in their science, as though through frosted glass?

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